Sandy Bridge Compiler Tests Running pts/build-apache-1.4.0, pts/build-linux-kernel-1.2.0, pts/apache-1.3.0, pts/pgbench-1.2.0, pts/john-the-ripper-1.0.1, pts/byte-1.1.0, pts/c-ray-1.0.0, pts/povray-1.0.0, pts/himeno-1.0.0, pts/mafft-1.2.0, pts/mrbayes-1.2.0, pts/hmmer-1.1.0, pts/x264-1.2.0, pts/bullet-1.0.0, pts/compress-7zip-1.5.0, pts/npb-1.0.0, pts/encode-flac-1.2.0, pts/graphics-magick-1.4.1, pts/openssl-1.5.0, pts/gcrypt-1.0.0. GCC 4.3.5: Processor: Intel Core i7-2820QM @ 2.30GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: System76 Serval Professional, Chipset: Intel Sandy Bridge, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 80GB INTEL SSDSA2M080, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 485M 2048MB (575/1500MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892 OS: Ubuntu 10.10, Kernel: 2.6.38-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 270.18, OpenGL: 4.1.0, Compiler: GCC 4.3.5 + Clang 2.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 GCC 4.4.5: Processor: Intel Core i7-2820QM @ 2.30GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: System76 Serval Professional, Chipset: Intel Sandy Bridge, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 80GB INTEL SSDSA2M080, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 485M 2048MB (575/1500MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892 OS: Ubuntu 10.10, Kernel: 2.6.38-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 270.18, OpenGL: 4.1.0, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5 + Clang 2.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 GCC 4.5.2: Processor: Intel Core i7-2820QM @ 2.30GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: System76 Serval Professional, Chipset: Intel Sandy Bridge, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 80GB INTEL SSDSA2M080, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 485M 2048MB (575/1500MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892 OS: Ubuntu 10.10, Kernel: 2.6.38-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 270.18, OpenGL: 4.1.0, Compiler: GCC 4.5.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 GCC 4.6.0: Processor: Intel Core i7-2820QM @ 2.30GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: System76 Serval Professional, Chipset: Intel Sandy Bridge, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 80GB INTEL SSDSA2M080, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 485M 2048MB (575/1500MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892 OS: Ubuntu 10.10, Kernel: 2.6.38-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 270.18, OpenGL: 4.1.0, Compiler: GCC 4.6.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 GCC 4.6.0 core2: Processor: Intel Core i7-2820QM @ 2.30GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: System76 Serval Professional, Chipset: Intel Sandy Bridge, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 80GB INTEL SSDSA2M080, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 485M 2048MB (575/1500MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892 OS: Ubuntu 10.10, Kernel: 2.6.38-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 270.18, OpenGL: 4.1.0, Compiler: GCC 4.6.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 GCC 4.6.0 corei7: Processor: Intel Core i7-2820QM @ 2.30GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: System76 Serval Professional, Chipset: Intel Sandy Bridge, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 80GB INTEL SSDSA2M080, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 485M 2048MB (575/1500MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892 OS: Ubuntu 10.10, Kernel: 2.6.38-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 270.18, OpenGL: 4.1.0, Compiler: GCC 4.6.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 GCC 4.6.0 corei7-avx: Processor: Intel Core i7-2820QM @ 2.30GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: System76 Serval Professional, Chipset: Intel Sandy Bridge, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 80GB INTEL SSDSA2M080, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 485M 2048MB (575/1500MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892 OS: Ubuntu 10.10, Kernel: 2.6.38-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 270.18, OpenGL: 4.1.0, Compiler: GCC 4.6.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 GCC 4.6.0 corei7-avx - AVX FP Math: Processor: Intel Core i7-2820QM @ 2.30GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: System76 Serval Professional, Chipset: Intel Sandy Bridge, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 80GB INTEL SSDSA2M080, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 485M 2048MB (575/1500MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892 OS: Ubuntu 10.10, Kernel: 2.6.38-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 270.18, OpenGL: 4.1.0, Compiler: GCC 4.6.0 + Clang 2.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 PostgreSQL pgbench 9.0.1 TPC-B Transactions Per Second TPS > Higher Is Better GCC 4.3.5 .......................... 1961.76 |============================== GCC 4.4.5 .......................... 2168.75 |================================= GCC 4.5.2 .......................... 2038.32 |=============================== GCC 4.6.0 .......................... 1749.99 |=========================== GCC 4.6.0 core2 .................... 1907.66 |============================= GCC 4.6.0 corei7 ................... 1807.03 |=========================== GCC 4.6.0 corei7-avx ............... 1958.68 |============================== GCC 4.6.0 corei7-avx - AVX FP Math . 1921.91 |============================= Apache Benchmark 2.2.17 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better GCC 4.3.5 .......................... 22149.55 |================================ GCC 4.4.5 .......................... 21678.43 |=============================== GCC 4.5.2 .......................... 21591.79 |=============================== GCC 4.6.0 .......................... 21957.24 |================================ GCC 4.6.0 core2 .................... 19778.70 |============================= GCC 4.6.0 corei7-avx ............... 19499.78 |============================ GCC 4.6.0 corei7-avx - AVX FP Math . 20268.74 |============================= Timed Apache Compilation 2.2.17 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better GCC 4.3.5 .......................... 27.75 |=========================== GCC 4.4.5 .......................... 28.00 |=========================== GCC 4.5.2 .......................... 29.17 |============================ GCC 4.6.0 .......................... 36.46 |=================================== GCC 4.6.0 core2 .................... 21.22 |==================== GCC 4.6.0 corei7 ................... 21.16 |==================== GCC 4.6.0 corei7-avx ............... 21.23 |==================== GCC 4.6.0 corei7-avx - AVX FP Math . 21.03 |==================== John The Ripper 1.7.3.1 Test: Traditional DES Real C/S > Higher Is Better GCC 4.3.5 .......................... 3852667 |================================= GCC 4.4.5 .......................... 3855000 |================================= GCC 4.5.2 .......................... 3852000 |================================= GCC 4.6.0 .......................... 3856000 |================================= GCC 4.6.0 core2 .................... 3849333 |================================= GCC 4.6.0 corei7 ................... 3838333 |================================= GCC 4.6.0 corei7-avx ............... 3855333 |================================= GCC 4.6.0 corei7-avx - AVX FP Math . 3848667 |================================= John The Ripper 1.7.3.1 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better GCC 4.3.5 .......................... 782 |================================== GCC 4.4.5 .......................... 817 |==================================== GCC 4.5.2 .......................... 817 |==================================== GCC 4.6.0 .......................... 840 |===================================== GCC 4.6.0 core2 .................... 839 |===================================== GCC 4.6.0 corei7 ................... 837 |===================================== GCC 4.6.0 corei7-avx ............... 840 |===================================== GCC 4.6.0 corei7-avx - AVX FP Math . 838 |===================================== BYTE Unix Benchmark 3.6 Computational Test: Dhrystone 2 LPS > Higher Is Better GCC 4.3.5 .......................... 23254465.00 |============================ GCC 4.4.5 .......................... 23979243.40 |============================= GCC 4.5.2 .......................... 23896551.77 |============================= GCC 4.6.0 .......................... 23243455.27 |============================ GCC 4.6.0 core2 .................... 23243829.50 |============================ GCC 4.6.0 corei7 ................... 23234286.13 |============================ GCC 4.6.0 corei7-avx ............... 23268380.07 |============================ GCC 4.6.0 corei7-avx - AVX FP Math . 22955509.50 |============================ C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better GCC 4.3.5 .......................... 64.24 |=============================== GCC 4.4.5 .......................... 70.36 |================================== GCC 4.5.2 .......................... 71.86 |=================================== GCC 4.6.0 .......................... 71.64 |=================================== GCC 4.6.0 core2 .................... 71.75 |=================================== GCC 4.6.0 corei7 ................... 71.84 |=================================== GCC 4.6.0 corei7-avx ............... 71.47 |=================================== GCC 4.6.0 corei7-avx - AVX FP Math . 54.63 |=========================== POV-Ray 3.6.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better GCC 4.3.5 .......................... 1025 |==================================== GCC 4.4.5 .......................... 772 |=========================== GCC 4.5.2 .......................... 766 |=========================== GCC 4.6.0 .......................... 750 |========================== GCC 4.6.0 core2 .................... 560 |==================== GCC 4.6.0 corei7 ................... 557 |==================== GCC 4.6.0 corei7-avx ............... 550 |=================== GCC 4.6.0 corei7-avx - AVX FP Math . 552 |=================== Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better GCC 4.3.5 .......................... 365.84 |================================== GCC 4.4.5 .......................... 362.34 |================================= GCC 4.5.2 .......................... 366.68 |================================== GCC 4.6.0 .......................... 369.77 |================================== GCC 4.6.0 core2 .................... 364.83 |================================== GCC 4.6.0 corei7 ................... 366.94 |================================== GCC 4.6.0 corei7-avx ............... 368.89 |================================== GCC 4.6.0 corei7-avx - AVX FP Math . 349.96 |================================ Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.706 Multiple Sequence Alignment Seconds < Lower Is Better GCC 4.3.5 .......................... 22.41 |=================================== GCC 4.4.5 .......................... 21.82 |================================== GCC 4.5.2 .......................... 21.77 |================================== GCC 4.6.0 .......................... 22.06 |================================== GCC 4.6.0 core2 .................... 22.11 |=================================== GCC 4.6.0 corei7 ................... 21.81 |================================== GCC 4.6.0 corei7-avx ............... 21.94 |================================== GCC 4.6.0 corei7-avx - AVX FP Math . 21.31 |================================= Timed MrBayes Analysis 3.1.2 Primate Phylogeny Analysis Seconds < Lower Is Better GCC 4.3.5 .......................... 19.98 |=================================== GCC 4.4.5 .......................... 20.14 |=================================== GCC 4.5.2 .......................... 18.68 |================================ GCC 4.6.0 .......................... 18.87 |================================= GCC 4.6.0 core2 .................... 19.14 |================================= GCC 4.6.0 corei7 ................... 8.02 |============== GCC 4.6.0 corei7-avx ............... 8.02 |============== GCC 4.6.0 corei7-avx - AVX FP Math . 19.21 |================================= Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2 Pfam Database Search Seconds < Lower Is Better GCC 4.3.5 .......................... 14.01 |============ GCC 4.4.5 .......................... 13.74 |============ GCC 4.5.2 .......................... 13.79 |============ GCC 4.6.0 .......................... 13.59 |============ GCC 4.6.0 core2 .................... 41.24 |=================================== GCC 4.6.0 corei7 ................... 40.80 |=================================== GCC 4.6.0 corei7-avx ............... 40.21 |================================== GCC 4.6.0 corei7-avx - AVX FP Math . 40.61 |================================== x264 2010-11-22 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GCC 4.3.5 .......................... 87.39 |================================== GCC 4.4.5 .......................... 88.98 |=================================== GCC 4.5.2 .......................... 87.91 |================================== GCC 4.6.0 .......................... 89.52 |=================================== GCC 4.6.0 core2 .................... 89.38 |=================================== GCC 4.6.0 corei7 ................... 89.14 |=================================== GCC 4.6.0 corei7-avx ............... 89.09 |=================================== GCC 4.6.0 corei7-avx - AVX FP Math . 89.95 |=================================== 7-Zip Compression 9.13 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better GCC 4.3.5 .......................... 14994 |================================= GCC 4.4.5 .......................... 15401 |================================== GCC 4.5.2 .......................... 15714 |=================================== GCC 4.6.0 .......................... 15450 |================================== GCC 4.6.0 core2 .................... 15576 |================================== GCC 4.6.0 corei7 ................... 15806 |=================================== GCC 4.6.0 corei7-avx ............... 15454 |================================== GCC 4.6.0 corei7-avx - AVX FP Math . 15393 |================================== FLAC Audio Encoding 1.2.1 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better GCC 4.3.5 .......................... 7.13 |==================================== GCC 4.4.5 .......................... 7.05 |==================================== GCC 4.5.2 .......................... 7.04 |==================================== GCC 4.6.0 .......................... 6.68 |================================== GCC 4.6.0 core2 .................... 6.51 |================================= GCC 4.6.0 corei7 ................... 6.61 |================================= GCC 4.6.0 corei7-avx ............... 6.54 |================================= GCC 4.6.0 corei7-avx - AVX FP Math . 6.59 |================================= GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: HWB Color Space Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better GCC 4.3.5 .......................... 103 |========================= GCC 4.4.5 .......................... 129 |=============================== GCC 4.5.2 .......................... 141 |================================== GCC 4.6.0 .......................... 152 |===================================== GCC 4.6.0 core2 .................... 58 |============== GCC 4.6.0 corei7 ................... 62 |=============== GCC 4.6.0 corei7-avx ............... 77 |=================== GCC 4.6.0 corei7-avx - AVX FP Math . 58 |============== GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Blur Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better GCC 4.3.5 .......................... 40 |=============== GCC 4.4.5 .......................... 95 |=================================== GCC 4.5.2 .......................... 101 |===================================== GCC 4.6.0 .......................... 76 |============================ GCC 4.6.0 core2 .................... 66 |======================== GCC 4.6.0 corei7 ................... 65 |======================== GCC 4.6.0 corei7-avx ............... 69 |========================= GCC 4.6.0 corei7-avx - AVX FP Math . 64 |======================= GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better GCC 4.3.5 .......................... 16 |========== GCC 4.4.5 .......................... 61 |==================================== GCC 4.5.2 .......................... 64 |====================================== GCC 4.6.0 .......................... 53 |=============================== GCC 4.6.0 core2 .................... 24 |============== GCC 4.6.0 corei7 ................... 25 |=============== GCC 4.6.0 corei7-avx ............... 25 |=============== GCC 4.6.0 corei7-avx - AVX FP Math . 25 |=============== GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Resizing Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better GCC 4.3.5 .......................... 56 |================= GCC 4.4.5 .......................... 116 |================================== GCC 4.5.2 .......................... 125 |===================================== GCC 4.6.0 .......................... 94 |============================ GCC 4.6.0 core2 .................... 46 |============== GCC 4.6.0 corei7 ................... 46 |============== GCC 4.6.0 corei7-avx ............... 46 |============== GCC 4.6.0 corei7-avx - AVX FP Math . 46 |============== GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Sharpen Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better GCC 4.3.5 .......................... 15 |========= GCC 4.4.5 .......................... 64 |===================================== GCC 4.5.2 .......................... 66 |====================================== GCC 4.6.0 .......................... 55 |================================ GCC 4.6.0 core2 .................... 30 |================= GCC 4.6.0 corei7 ................... 30 |================= GCC 4.6.0 corei7-avx ............... 30 |================= GCC 4.6.0 corei7-avx - AVX FP Math . 30 |================= OpenSSL 1.0.0a RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better GCC 4.3.5 .......................... 79.80 |=================================== GCC 4.4.5 .......................... 80.03 |=================================== GCC 4.5.2 .......................... 80.20 |=================================== GCC 4.6.0 .......................... 79.88 |=================================== GCC 4.6.0 core2 .................... 79.18 |=================================== GCC 4.6.0 corei7 ................... 79.55 |=================================== GCC 4.6.0 corei7-avx ............... 79.83 |=================================== GCC 4.6.0 corei7-avx - AVX FP Math . 79.15 |=================================== Gcrypt Library 1.4.4 CAMELLIA256-ECB Cipher Microseconds < Lower Is Better GCC 4.3.5 .......................... 3017 |=========== GCC 4.4.5 .......................... 2643 |========== GCC 4.5.2 .......................... 2617 |========== GCC 4.6.0 .......................... 2330 |========= GCC 4.6.0 core2 .................... 9283 |=================================== GCC 4.6.0 corei7 ................... 9413 |==================================== GCC 4.6.0 corei7-avx ............... 9473 |==================================== GCC 4.6.0 corei7-avx - AVX FP Math . 9337 |===================================